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474 Southwestern Historical Quarterlywas not fully compensated for his mission until just before hisdeath in the 187o's.9The most tangible results of the mission were, of course, theending of the dispute over the southern boundary of Texas, thetransfer to the United States of a huge tract of land which hadbelonged to the Mexican nation, and the achievement of peace.69As Trist was an executive agent and not confirmed by the Senate, his pay camefrom executive funds and depended upon the will of the President. Polk hadarbitrarily chosen to stop his pay even before Trist could possibly have arrivedback in the United States had he obeyed his recall. It was not until 1871 that apetition for recovery of this back pay passed Congress, and he was belatedly awardedthe sum of $14,599.90. United States Statutes at Large, 42nd Cong., 1st Sess., 643.